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Planet Explorers

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App ID 237870
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Pathea Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28970643
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 00:17:39 UTC ()
Release Date 8 November 2016 – 13:57:35 UTC ()
😌 61.22%
6k reviews
6
In-Game

Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Pathea Games
gamedir ValveTestApp237870
metacritic_name Planet Explorers
icon empty string
controller_support partial
NoServers No
state eStateComingSoonNoPreload
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Pathea Games
IsFreeApp Yes
eulas
0 ↴
id237870_eula_0
namePlanet Explorers EULA
urlhttp://store.steampowered.com/eula/237870_eula_0
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 8 November 2016 – 13:57:35 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 8 November 2016 – 13:57:35 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 21 March 2017 – 09:15:49 UTC () (1490087749)
Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 5
review_percentage 62
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, FMOD SDK, Protocol_Buffers SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 6 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3976758
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
store_screenshot ss_650e9bd4ae871e455dfe84d258854784970c0a3c.jpg
First seen on SteamDB 4 May 2013 – 21:14:02 UTC (), in changelist #212392

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌎 Open World Survival Craft 🧱 Sandbox 🌍 Open World 🌲 Survival 🕹️ Multiplayer 🗺️ Adventure 🔧 Crafting 🎲 RPG 🗺 Exploration 🏠 Building 🚀 Sci-fi 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 🤝 Co-op 🖥️ Simulation 👤 Singleplayer 🧊 Voxel 🐤 Early Access 👤 Third Person 💥 Action RPG

Categories

Single-player Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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small_capsule
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header_image
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Assets
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headerheader.jpg
library_capsuleportrait.png
community_icon6611abb65889605f5d8c292c326aa674947559a9.jpg
page_background_pathapp/237870
timestamp4 August 2020 – 03:11:07 UTC
Trailers
256674130 ↴
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256681667 ↴
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256668144 ↴
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2031400 ↴
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User File System

Key Value
quota 953.67 MiB (1000000000)
maxnumfiles 1000
ignoreexternalfiles 1
hidecloudui 1
savefiles
0 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
pathPlanetExplorers/VoxelCreationData
pattern*
recursive1
1 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
pathPlanetExplorers/Config
pattern*
recursive1
2 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
pathPlanetExplorers/GameSave
pattern*
recursive1
3 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
pathPlanetExplorers/CustomCharacter
pattern*
recursive1
rootoverrides
0 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
osMacOS
oscompare=
useinsteadMacHome
addpath
1 ↴
rootWinMyDocuments
osLinux
oscompare=
useinsteadLinuxHome
addpath

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/PlanetExplorers/VoxelCreationData *
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/PlanetExplorers/Config *
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/PlanetExplorers/GameSave *
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/PlanetExplorers/CustomCharacter *
MacOS (Override) ~/PlanetExplorers/VoxelCreationData
~/PlanetExplorers/Config
~/PlanetExplorers/GameSave
~/PlanetExplorers/CustomCharacter
Linux (Override) ~/PlanetExplorers/VoxelCreationData
~/PlanetExplorers/Config
~/PlanetExplorers/GameSave
~/PlanetExplorers/CustomCharacter
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